Real Music is one of the few labels left that really delivers music designed to relax in the best of the new age tradition.
This veteran German composer and keyboardist doesn't do anything too fancy here -- he just creates caressing ambiences and soft and dreamy piano melodies that he enhances with the occasional bass, guitar, and glockenspiel.
Christoph Koch brings a playful folk element to "Following Stars" and the graceful, symphonic "Simply Great" with a gentle acoustic guitar, and "Christiane Boehm" chimes in every so often on flute.
Although there is a free-floating element to the atmospheres Koch creates, most of the 16 tracks clock in like tightly structured pop tunes, and the melodies -- and their innocent charm -- seem to get more captivating as they go along.
In a world so cynical, it's wonderful that people can take a CD cover of clouds and butterflies not only seriously, but also as an opening to a seriously joyful musical remedy.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Touched by Love | Bernward Koch | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 13 MB |
| 2 | Childhood Hour | Bernward Koch | Play | 04:30 | 10 MB | 17 MB |
| 3 | Walking Through Clouds | Bernward Koch | Play | 02:39 | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| 4 | Deep Green Summer | Bernward Koch | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 13 MB |
| 5 | Flight Being | Bernward Koch | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 19 MB |
| 6 | Bekoflow | Bernward Koch | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 7 | Close Your Eyes | Bernward Koch | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 15 MB |
| 8 | The Silver Veil | Bernward Koch | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 19 MB |
| 9 | Gentle Touch | Bernward Koch | Play | 02:50 | 6 MB | 13 MB |
| 10 | Simply Great | Bernward Koch | Play | 05:18 | 12 MB | 27 MB |
| 11 | Sunday Sky | Bernward Koch | Play | 02:39 | 6 MB | 11 MB |
| 12 | Travel Lightly | Bernward Koch | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 17 MB |
| 13 | Mysterious Ways | Bernward Koch | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 14 MB |
| 47 mins | 108 MB | |||||
| 47 mins | 212 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Becker | Engineer |
| 2 | Bernward Koch | Bass, Glockenspiel, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Programming |
| 3 | Christoph Koch | Guitar, Percussion |
| 4 | Terence Yallop | Executive Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |